Hello all and welcome! I am back today to share a little glimpse at some of the makes that I created for the new Tim Holtz Sizzix Halloween and Fall release. Did you happen to see Tim’s Youtu…
Hello everyone! I had planned to get this tutorial done a lot sooner, but I've been super busy this month. Better late than never, I gue...
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Hello everyone! I had planned to get this tutorial done a lot sooner, but I've been super busy this month. Better late than never, I guess! I'm sure most of you have done all your Halloween crafting, or maybe you're like me, creating until the last minute or even after! I might not explain everything in great detail, but at least I have photos to help you! The bottom of my cabinet is made up of two large vignette boxes glued together with Distress Collage Medium. The top portion of the cabinet is three smaller boxes (about 3 1/4 x 4 1/2") glued together. The two sections will be glued together after I drilled the holes for the tiny lights. Cover the inside of the boxes with Halloween Backdrops papers. Figure out where you want your Tiny Lights to go, and drill the holes. I started in the bottom corner, made my way across the other side and up through the top to the bottom of the top three boxes. My string of lights goes across these top three also. Keep in mind when stringing your lights, that there are three shelves to be put in the upper cabinets. These shelves are just made with corrugated cardboard cut to fit the depth and width of the boxes. They are covered with wood looking paper from the Backdrops package. They are glued in with Distress Collage Medium after I've made the Matchbox drawers for each end box, which they will rest on top of. I've cut each Matchbox in half. There are three sections. These are all painted with Distress Paint. I started with a dark brown, and then dry brushed a grey and beige paint on top. For the drawer, I used some old Tim Holtz Remanent Rubs for the numbers and large Fasteners for the knobs. There's a close up photo further on. Usually I make these little books in my spare time, so handy to have them done and ready to use! These book pieces are in the Ephemera pack. I cut small pages from an old book. I usually cut it wide enough to fold in half, add a few together, then staple them with my Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher. Depending how thick you want your book, glue a few sections together and then to your book cover. Ink the edges. For my book ends, I've added some Glow Grit Paste and Skeleton Head Stickers, book clippings to the two gravestones in the Graveyard pkg. I've also rolled up some scrap paper and ephemera, distressed, and wrapped a book clipping around them. For my Skulls, I've applied Crushed Olive Distress Glaze, then highlighted with Gilded Foundry Wax. I've broken a few bones in half, inked and glued them into a drawer. The Mummy Cloth under the skull is saturated with Glow Grit Paste. I have a photo further down. I've also kept the lights quite loose, so they can be adjusted as I'm filling up my shelves. All my vials have been painted first with Distress Collage Medium (this helps prepare the glass surface), then Rock Candy Crackle Paint applied after the medium was dry. Labels and book clippings were also applied. Brown Distress Crayon was applied in the cracks. I've painted the insides with paint and added in some Glow Grit Paste in some of them. Keep in mind that there will be a window in front, so make your bottles a bit brighter, so they show up better. Two windows from the Baseboard layers pkg. are used for my cabinet. The Shattered Window pieces are adhered behind. For the top centre window, an extra baseboard piece was added. I've added a Skull Tag to the middle with Glow Grit Paste. To make the Shattered Glass look dusty or dirty, I've rubbed a very small amount of Collage Medium with my finger on them. If you want any section left clear, you can rub it off with a damp cloth or finger as I have done in the middle of the one pane. I've adhered the windows to the cabinet at the very end of my project. All my shelves were finished and the tiny lights were placed first. For the middle window, I've used one of the Etcetera Facades (2nd from the left), which fit perfectly behind the window and was enough for the extra baseboard arch piece to fit on. Here, you can see the Facade from the back. I've just painted the back with Distress paint. I've used two owls from the Ephemera pkg. and adhered them both on top of a glass bubble with Glow Grit Paste. The tall one is adhered with Glow Paste on top of a piece of foam, which was painted and Grit paste added. The shorter one is adhered onto a small round ephemera label. These two owls are placed in the bottom shelf. I've kept them close to the edge, as a window will be in front, and they will show up better. Another larger Owl label is placed right on the middle of where the two boxes join. I've cut some of the background away at the top and just left a narrow piece where the wood edges are. There's a photo later on, that it shows up in. A mini Display Dome has some Ephemera and acrylic bats inside. Glow Grit Paste on the bottom. The glass also has some Collage Medium on it to dull the glass. There's also Sticker bats adhered to the tiny lights. On this shelf, I have used the framed portrait from the Sticker Book, Drippy Candles (with added drips from my glue gun) on the candlesticks from the Manor Pkg. A spider adornment, and a wizard's staff or wand (not sure what you would call it, lol). It was made with a glass bubble(tinted with alcohol ink) and a cotton ball, I have explained further down with my twisted twigs. These Trick or Treat Pumpkins were my favourite from this release! This cat one is filled with twisted branches and whispy Glowing Cotton (explained below), Leaf adornment was tinted with Foundry Wax and paint. Another Mini Display Dome, with bones inside, a bit of fabric wrapped around the bottom, and another spider adornment and mummy cloth. I created these twisted twigs with a Cotton Ball, Collage Medium and Mica Stains. Just tear off a piece from your cotton ball, saturate with Collage Medium and twist it! Easy! After it has dried, then colour with Mica Stain or anything you choose. Here's some other ones, I created for another project. My mummy cloth used in this project also had Collage Medium applied, then Glow Grit Paste. Just clip parts of the cloth so it's ragged, it will still be pliable after it has dried. I've also unrolled part of the cotton ball and applied my Glow Grit Paste to this too. Makes for some interesting shapes! For the Wizard wand, I just twisted the staff like I did with the twigs, but thicker, especially at the top, made an indentation, and glued a glass bauble on the end after I coloured it. In this section, I've got another vial, with a label, a bone (broken in half) and mummy cloth with Glow Grit Paste. Here's the close up of the drawers after they were painted, and remnant rubs and fasteners added. Inside the open drawer, I have mummy cloth, with some Confectionary candies. A lock and key from the Gothic Gates was added with a small chain, to the middle window pane (or I should say glass cupboard doors!) This was distressed with paint and Foundry Wax too. Here's another close up of these two top shelves. Once you have your shelves all filled and glued down, the shattered glass frames can be adhered on to the front middle. Here you can see the label with the owl. I've cut some of the top part surrounding the owl off, except that middle strip. It covers the box edges. I did this, as I wanted more to show up behind the owl. A word Plaque was added at the bottom of this frame. The back and sides of my cabinet was covered with Halloween Backdrops paper. One continuous sheet of paper across the top part and another across the bottom, to cover the boxes. I've also added some Distress Opaque Crackle paste in random areas. This was coloured with Distress Crayon and Ink. I made a little pocket for my battery pack from a piece of Halloween Ephemera. Here's a few photos of the shelves lit up. The Glow Grit Paste adds in an extra green glow to the lights. I've used Green Tiny Lights here. Here's another look at my finished Apothecary Cabinet! Thanks so much for visiting me here, and I hope you have had a great Halloween creating and making season! Until next time, Jan Supply List TH94325 Shattered Windows TH94345 Mini Display Domes TH94342 Spiders and Branches Adornments TH94340 The Manor (candlesticks) TH94341 Word Plaques &Tags Th94339 Skulls & Bones TH4338 Trick or Treat (pumpkin) TH94337 Graveyard TH94336 Halloween Confections TH94335 Halloween Sticker Book TH94333 Halloween Layers & Paper dolls TH94332 Halloween Ephemera Pack TH4334 Baseboards & Transparencies TH94331 Halloween Backdrops TH94343 Gothic Gates (key & lock) TH94155 Mummy Cloth TH93201 Corked Tiny Vials TH92899 Corked Vials TH94050 Match Boxes TH94314 Large Fasteners TH94157 Halloween Tiny Lights TH93279 Vignette Boxes ETC016 Etcetera Facades TH94260 Drippy Candles TH94180 Glass Bubbles Ranger Ink Supplies - Distress Inks, Mica Stains, Crayons, Collage Medium, Grit Glow Paste, Paint, Foundry Wax, Alcohol Ink, Opaque Crackle Paste
Materiaal: Off white, zwarte en mixed media cardstock. Achtergrond: Distress oxide inkt kleuren pumice stone, antique linen, iced spruce en hickory smoke. Stempels met zwarte inkt. Carabelle stencil wall bricks met modelleerpasta en Distress embossing glaze hickory smoke en speckled egg. Sizzix thinlits Alterations die spider web. Sizzix thinlits The Count met diverse kleuren en soorten cardstock. De blauw-groene kleur van de mantel en de spin is van Lindy's Magicals haunted Halloween tainted love teal. Deze kleur is ook verwerkt in het spinnenweb. Tekstbanner is van de Sizzix thinlits Halloween 2021 met een tekst van Tim Holtz idea-ology curiosities.
Materiaal: Off-white, zwarte en mixed media cardstock. Achtergrond Distress spray stain pumice stone, iced spruce, antique linen, rusty hi...
Welcome back to our blog!This week, we welcomed back local designer extraordinaire Becky Thrap with her latest collection of projects for Halloween and fall. WOW! Becky amazes us with her incredibl…
Boo Halloween Card by Juliana Michaels featuring Tim Holtz Sizzix 2024 Halloween Vault Gothic Portraits, Vault Foliage Wreath, and Vault Fright Night
Hello everyone! The month of October is almost upon us, and I’m sure a lot of you are busy creating for this spooky time of year. I’m sharing my first make for the Tim Holtz Halloween Idea-ology 2022 release. If you missed Tim's YouTube live, you can get all the links here. So much inspiration, all the makers created some incredible Halloween projects. I created this Hocus Pocus Confectionery clock. Lots of little details in this one, I'll try and explain most of them! I started out by taking apart my Curio Clock and covering the two sections. The outside the clock body is covered with paper from the Halloween Backdrops pkg. The silver ring was coloured (I just blotted it so it looked more distressed) with Latte Alcohol Ink. The inside of the clock back (circle) was also be covered with Backdrops paper. I don’t glue this in yet, as I want to attach the candy garland. For the clock base, I used wide tape from the Halloween Design tape pkg. This tape was the exact same pattern as the paper. This project is about Halloween candy, so I wanted it to have a very sugary look. So, before adhering my Backdrops paper, I applied Distress Frosted Crystal Embossing Powder with Distress Clear Embossing ink. To maintain that frosted look after embossing, don't overheat! Adhere your Alcohol inked rim back in the clock. Reattach the clock body to the base. I wanted a flat surface that looked like a table for my embellishments. I took 2 pieces of cardboard and on one, cut out so it curved to fit the clock and the other, rectangle for a flat top. Glue this together. The piece of lace is from the Halloween Ephemera pkg. and the sign is from the Baseboards pkg. Adhere the lace in front, on the curved piece and the baseboard piece is glued on the top. Also cut the lace to fit the curve. This piece sits inside the clock on the bottom. I've added a small foam square to give additional support. I've left a bit of space on either side, in case I needed to stick some of my tiny lights strand in there. Before adhering this, I used the same design tape as the clock base, and stuck this around the inside. In hindsight, this cardboard base could have been stronger to support the cauldron and other embellishments. It came apart in transit to Tim and also when it was sent back to me, so if you feel it needs to be stronger, (in case you are mailing it or it will be jiggled about!) a larger piece of foam could help. I also think, because the Design Tape has a more slick surface to it, that could be why my glue didn't hold as well. You could always eliminate the tape in that bottom area. I've used Distress Collage Medium with a bit of hot glue to hold it temporarily in place while the medium dried as I wanted it tight against the front. This is how the "table" will look like. One end of the tiny lights will go in the cauldron and the rest at the back of the table. I have the battery pack for the lights coming out of the bottom. The metal strand in thin enough, it can close, but there is a chance it could damage your light strand. I have used a pair of wire snips before, making two small cuts (about 1/8 to 1/4") out of the lid at the bottom, and bent the middle piece inside or off completely. Just enough to give the wire some room and your back lid can close tightly. For the back of my clock, I’ve hung a candy garland. The Halloween confections and candy corn are “sugared” with Glossy Accents and Distress Rock Candy Glitter. I've used Glossy Accents because it's thicker and more glitter adheres to it. It's also a great glue! After these were dry, I used heavy craft thread and a needle to string together the candy pieces (they are a soft material similar to Fimo clay, so the needle goes through). The end pieces of the thread were knotted around tack nails. These nails were bent in half (90degrees) with pliers, and poked through the paper, the ends on the back of the paper adhered with tape or glue. Now glue the paper to the clock back. . It looks like the garland is nailed to the clock. I used two small Vignette Boxes (about 2 1/4 x 3 1/4) attached, end to end for a base. Bigger base, more embellishments! Distress Collage paste and a couple of nails secured them together. This was also covered with Backdrops paper. Here's my base covered with the Backdrops Halloween paper. The paper is one continuous sheet across, so you can't tell there's two boxes. Sand and distress the edges with brown Distress Ink. Adhere your clock to the wood base. I've just used Collage Medium for this, but let it dry overnight to really secure it. The back isn't secured yet, I needed to figure out what is going to show in that circular space. Now for the embellishments! For my stand, I've used a Candlestick and a Baseboard Clock Face. The candlestick has a touch of Statue Foundry Wax to age the silver and Crypt Paste (love this stuff!). On most of my areas where I've applied Crypt Paste, I have highlighted the raised areas with my finger, a touch of paint, after the paste has dried. I usually use a lighter colour, here I've used Pumice Stone. The clock face is distressed with ink, and the rim is covered with the narrow Design Tape (excess is folded underneath). Glue these two together with Collage Medium. The square October 31, is from the Halloween Layers Pkg. I've applied Distress Translucent Crackle Paste to the edges, and when dried, applied Walnut Stain Distress Crayon to accent the cracks. This is on the back "wall" just below the garland and in the middle. There's also a "Trick or Treat" Label Sticker just across the bottom of this at an angle. My "Hocus Pocus Confectionery" sign was created in two parts. Both of the labels were die-cut with Tim Holtz Sizzix Vintage Labels Thinlits Set. The dies also emboss while cutting, so I inked the metal die with Crackling Campfire Archival Ink before embossing/die-cutting. The ink is just on the embossed area. Hocus Pocus in a Label Sticker, placed inside the vintage label. I die-cut the word, Confectionery, with the Sizzix Alphanumeric Label Thinlits Set. Now, for my Candy Corn drinks, and test tube. I've used Ranger Ink's Clear Resin Kit. It's a 2-part epoxy resin that hardens when the two equal parts (one bottle is the resin, the other is the hardener) are mixed together. You store these together and apply to your project, then set aside to cure. You can also get their package of small cups with stir sticks. It's a longer process, when doing three different colour combinations, as I let each layer cure/dry before doing the next one. But this is something you can do in advance or at the beginning of your project. You don't need to mix a lot up for each colour. Once you start filling little containers, you can't stop! For the clear "candy corn drinks", I coloured my resin with a drop of Alcohol ink. I first started with yellow, filled my vials a third, set aside. I had some left over, so I added in a drop or two of yellow paint to make it opaque, stirred this in. I filled the larger vial a third, and then poured some into the test tube. For the test tube, I wanted it to look like it had fallen and some dripped out. I had a small shallow cardboard box, or a piece of cardboard is fine, lay some parchment paper down so the resin doesn't stick. You will want to tip your tube so the end is slightly higher, it doesn't take much for the resin to slowly drip to the end and out of the tube. I used a piece of cardboard with a hole in it to hold the end of the tube, bent the cardboard so it is was slightly raised and taped it to the bottom of the box. I recommend you figure your setup before pouring resin. After the yellow has set, I usually leave it overnight, do the same with orange alcohol ink, paint and a new batch of mixed resin. After the orange has cured, repeat with either Ranger Ink Snow Cap Mixative (it's opaque) or white paint. For my fluffy toppings on the drinks, it's just White Opaque Texture Paste! I didn't need a lot of it, so instead of a cake decorating bag, I just just clipped a tiny hole in the end of a small plastic bag. I pushed my cake decorating star tip through the hole (make sure you have a tight fit, so a small hole is better) and put in a small amount of texture paste. Twist the end of your bag, so nothing escapes out the other end, and squeeze onto your drinks. I added a glittered Halloween candy stick while the texture paste was still wet in the larger vial. Halloween remnant rub was added to the outside and black craft thread tied around the rims. Your vial should come off easily from the parchment paper, if you have excess spillage, you can always cut off what you don't want and curve the edges down with your fingers. I've rubbed in a light layer of Collage Medium to the outside glass test tube and large vial, lightly distressing with brown distress ink, giving it an aged look. For my baking tray of glittered bat cookies (and I added in some glittered pearls after), I created the tray from the Vintage Label Thinlits die. I used black Metallic Kraft stock paper, the die inked with black Archival ink before die-cutting. I slightly sanded the metallic paper before die-cutting (I used some steel wool) so that the ink would adhere better. After die-cutting, sand the edges, and apply Statue Foundry wax with your finger in a few areas if you want it to look more aged. The tiny bats were from the Halloween Ephemera Pack, they were also glittered with Glossy Accents and Rock Candy Crystal Glitter. My two little handles were Tim Holtz Jump Rings, poked into the ends. For my candy brewing in the cauldron, I used the clear glass Bubbles. These were coloured with Limeade and Mushroom Alcohol Ink. I then applied Glossy Accents and Rock Candy glitter, set aside to dry. While these were drying, I applied Crypt Grit Paste to my Cauldron. Once the Grit Paste had dried, I accented a few areas with green Distress Paint. Before adhering the frosted bubbles, stick your Tiny Lights inside the bottom of the cauldron. You don't need a lot, the excess strand comes out the back, behind the cauldron and along the back of the table. You can either directly glue your bubbles (I've either used glossy accents for this or Collage Medium) on top, or cut out a piece of plastic packaging to fit on top of the lights and glue your bubbles on top of that. For the bubbles outside the cauldron, I have glued these on before doing the lights and filling the cauldron. That way you can do have the cauldron on it's side so they don't fall off. I usually do these one at a time, and if they don't stay, try a rubber band to hold them on while they dry. Glue your cauldron to the stand with Collage Medium. Save a few of the bubbles for the table top. The Halloween Jack O Lantern is highlighted with a bit of Ranger Ink Elixir Pearlescent Crayon. It's filled with Rock Candy glittered Halloween Confections. The sticks are slightly coloured with green. The round ones are on toothpicks to make them look like lollipops. These are all glued with with Glossy Accents (Rock Candy sprinkled on top) Wired Black Tinsel is glued around the pumpkin rim and extra left over to bend upwards with a tiny frosted bat on the end. I wanted my tinsel a little smaller and aged looking, so I heat it very briefly with my heat gun( not my embossing gun). You don't want to overheat, and start a fire, it doesn't take long to see the tinsel shrivel! Here's my little frosted bat on the end of the wired tinsel. Glossy Accents was applied to my Halloween Skull, Spider Adornment, and Bones, then Rock Candy Glitter applied. Here, you can see where my extra tiny lights were, before I adhered a Baseboard( 31¢) in front to cover them. I just wanted to see a green glow, not the lights. My skull and bones sit on top of a book made from a book cover in Halloween Ephemera and old book pages cut up to fit inside the cover. Before adhering my embellishments to the back, I added some thin Design Tape around the base of my clock. I've also frosted up extra Candy Corn and Pearls to place on the base. All my embellishments are glued down with Collage Medium. Sometimes I will use a small dab of hot glue to hold the object in place ( or an elastic band) while the collage medium is drying (This is what I've done with the test tube, as it's on a slant). The drippy part coming out of the tube is glued over the edge of the base with Collage Medium also. Here's a look of the inside of my clock. Here it is with the tiny lights on. I've also frosted a small Halloween Pumpkin, and attached dried moss (I purchased a package of Halloween dried mosses last year from the craft store, there were I think 4 different kinds, perfect for Halloween makes.) Here's another front view. I've adhered my Confectionery sign to the front. Here's another look at my finished project! That was a long one! I never realized how many little details there were until I started explaining, lol! If this is too large a project for you, there's always one or two things you can add to your own Halloween make, or give you something to think about when using your own halloween stash. Thanks so much for visiting! Happy Halloween Crafting! until next time, Jan Supply List Idea-ology - Curio Clock TH92474, Vignette Box (small-2.875 x 3.1875) TH93279, Corked Vials TH92899, Jump Rings TH92726 Halloween Idea-ology - Baseboard pkg. TH94252, Ephemera TH94261, Label Stickers TH94623, Layers TH94264, Adornments (spiders) TH94250, Tiny Lights, TH94157, Black Wired Tinsel TH94253, Pumpkin Jack O Lantern TH94179, Small Pumpkins TH94267, Bubbles TH94180, Pearl Droplets TH94151, Cauldron TH94171, Remnant Rubs TH94268, Candy Corn TH94257, Confections TH94170, Design Tape TH94259, Skulls TH94270, Test Tubes TH94156, Boneyard TH94168, Backdrops Paper TH94251, Candle Stand TH94166 Sizzix - Vintage Labels Thinlits set - 665929, Alphanumeric Label Thinlits set 664177 Ranger Ink Distress - Crypt Grit Paste TSHK81081, Opaque Texture paste TDA71297, Rock Candy Crystal Clear Glitter TDR35879, Frosted Crystal Embossing Powder TDA78319, Collage Medium, Clear Embossing Ink Pad, Alcohol Ink( Limeade, Mushroom, Latte, Snow Cap Mixative), Archival Ink Pad (Crackling Campfire, Black Soot), Foundry Wax (Statue), Pearlescent Crayons Halloween Set #4 TSHK81128, Brown Distress Ink for edging Ranger Ink - Clear Resin Kit INK69768, Resin Cups INK73420, Glossy Accents Heat Gun, Hot Glue Gun, Craft Dried Moss, Black Craft Thread, Cake Decorating Tip (I used star)
The Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps Framed Frights CMS494 is the perfect addition to your Halloween crafting collection. Carefully curated by the renowned artist Tim Holtz and meticulously made in the USA by Stamper's Anonymous, these red rubber stamps offer intricate etched details, ensuring high precision in your artistic projects. Mounted on a 0.125-inch static cling cushion in an elegant gray color, these stamps are easily repositionable and convenient for storage. The set, measuring approximately 7 x 8.5 inches, features four square-framed spooky scenes and four script sentiments. The scenes include a creepy house with an inviting pathway, a ghost wandering through a graveyard filled with skulls and bare trees, a tombstone surrounded by skulls, bats, and trees in a graveyard, and another tombstone with even more eerie trees. These stamps are perfect for adding a chilling yet artistic touch to your Halloween projects Sentiments Read: Lost in the darkness Something wicked An unfortunate ending The dead of night
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Sizzix Thinlits Dies Tim Holtz Vault Coffin Box Ohhhh the size of this new coffin box is just the sweetest! Will be be perfect for candy gifts AND for vignettes! There are 34 dies in the Pkg Each die set is sold separately 666680 Note: This set was a seasonal release item and it has been discontinued
Materiaal: Off white en mixed media cardstock. Achtergrond: Distress mica stain harvest moon en Distress spray stain rusty hinge en Distress oxide inkt black soot. Stampers anonymous stempel tangled webs met clear embossing poeder. Vleermuizen, kookpot, muis en heks: Sizzix thinlits Toil & Trouble. Ze zijn gemaakt van zwarte cardstock met Distress Mica spray antique bronze en tarnished brass. Sterren: Sizzix thinlits Swirling stars. Grote sterren van gouden cardstock en de kleintjes die uit de kookpot komen zijn aangebracht met transparante texture paste en gouden embossing poeder.
